Bureau of Statistics building set for major improvement works

Improvement works totalling $123.5m are to begin shortly for the Bureau of Statistics.

Cabinet on Tuesday issued no-objections for four projects on the Main and Hope streets, Georgetown building. This information was released at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press briefing at the Ministry of the Presidency.

The civil works contract to the tune of $48.5m has been awarded to P.D. contracting. The contract for the security and data network installation in the sum of $27.8m has been awarded to NT Computeac. Cummings Electrical Col Ltd has been awarded the $26.1m contract for electrical works while the $21m air-conditioning contract has been secured by Antartic Maintenance.

(An earlier version of this story had said that the works were for the Guyana National Bureau of Standards. This information had been erroneously provided by the Ministry of the Presidency)